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nature herself will not only inform us as to when we 

 should sleep, but will also determine for us how long 

 we should sleep. So far, at least, my theory has 

 never failed me. And now, after a most refreshing 

 slumber, I awoke and returned once again to the 

 realities of life. 



Upon arising, I found my companions still busy 

 arranging their effects. Though everything seemed 

 in apparently the most endless confusion, with every- 

 body and everything in everybody's way, there was 

 not a person present whose face did not glow with 

 happiness, and the most eager and intense enthus- 

 iasm. Each seemed specially to have -partaken of 

 the spirit of our leader, who was everywhere, en- 

 couraging, aiding, and directing. The workmen were 

 completing their unfinished labors, and he was guid- 

 ing them. What a sight to watch him! He was 

 neither haughty nor reserved, as many who were un- 

 acquainted with him would fain have had us believe; 

 but he mingled freely with all. His genial face, and 

 the sincere, earnest tones of his voice, attracted 

 everybody; while his approval of the work already 

 done, and the directions for the furtherance of his 

 plans, were given as if to equals rather than to ser- 

 vants paid to obey him, nor did I hear a word of 

 complaint spoken against Professor Agassiz for any 

 cause whatever, by anybody, while I was upon the 

 island. 



